Category: Player Corner

On the eve of new year, stick2hockey.com recollects some of the memorable matches India played in the last four years. Over all the spell might not be high in terms of victories, but if one ...

It was a rare happening. Famous Indian medio and former captain Ignace Tirkey married his counterpart in the women’s team, Masira Surin. Ignace led India to many important tournaments like Commonwealth Games in 2006. Masira ...

Viren Wilfred Rasquinha, Olympian and India’s hockey captain, gave up the game six months ago to join the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad. Rasquinha, who turned 28 on September 13, played for India ...

Best time to interact with player is when he or she relaxes after winning a match. So, in the same pleasing situation I had an entertaining encounter with Harpal Singh today at the Mahindra Hockey ...

This Month (Sept2008) Hero PR Sreejesh The domestic season (2008-’09) has just started. Three tournaments were successfuly organized, each almost 1000 km apart. The season opener was MCC Murugappa Gold Cup tournament in Chennai. PR ...

The heavens opened up after the pedestrian finals of the recent MCC Murugappa Gold Cup finals in Chennai. The welcome rains cascaded down on to the astro turf, drenching and flooding grounds as it was ...

Mir Ranjan Negi, goalkeeper of Indian national hockey team in the early 80s, has come out with his biography. The paperback book is entitled as ‘Mir Ranjan Negi: from gloom to glory’. Indian cinema’s top ...

Sept. 3: These are uncertain times for Indian hockey. Directionless and captainless, the country’s national game is doddering on choppy waters. Missing the Beijing Olympics is now history. It’s time to start the preparations for ...

Dilip Tirkey has earned many laurels on the ground and equally many accolades outside the sporting fields. The latest one is not only rare but also sweeter. National Institute of Technology (NIT), an institution of ...

Amardeep Ekka, a promising midfielder, is another gem from Sundargarh. The young lad stuck limelight at the national level recently, being part of the Junior Asia Cup gold winners. A product of famed Panposh Hockey ...